Training strategies

Training of staff in the financial sector produces a significant increase in business Ð sometimes up to a 10-fold return...

 It is time, not money that is holding back the skills levels of the British workforce, according to a new...

The Conservatives have vowed to pay students up to £2,000 to take up under-subscribed university courses such as chemistry, physics,...

A new report says voluntary sector organisations need to be encouraged to budget for the cost of training and development...

The Government is to offer Jobcentre Plus staff training on how to best help refugees looking for work.Jane Kennedy, minister...

Stephanie Sparrow takes a stroll around this week’s World of Learning conference and exhibition at the NEC in Birmingham

Nissan’s car factory in Sunderland boasts the highest productivity levels in Europe and one of the best training records in the UK. But training department head Steve Pallas says its success is frequently misunderstood. Guy Sheppard reports.

For organisations to get the most from development, the role of line managers is essential. We ask readers how to...

Two major drivers behind e-learning are the size of a company, and the sector in which it operates.These are some...

Karen Pay, Brian Croston and Joe Patton report on the manual handling training programme they have introduced at Allied Bakery sites in Cardiff, Reading and West Bromwich

Training and development issues are well represented at this year’s CIPD event in Harrogate. Stephanie Sparrow takes a tour of the conference and exhibition

Tom Peters is still able to inspire with his
unconventional business wisdom,
says writer and trainer John Charlton

The Government is two-thirds of the way towards its target of 400 Centres of Vocational Excellence by 2006, but are the CoVEs reaching new people or merely the old faithful? We evaluate their progress to date

A training programme for area managers at Mackays Stores has opened their eyes to the bigger picture and enabled them to take on more strategic roles.

In the final part of our series on Appreciative Inquiry, we look at how it has helped with a new approach to change at BP